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be-murnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
be-murnan, bi-murnan; p. -murnde; pp. -murned [be, murnan to mourn]
Wright's OE grammar
§647;
To bemoan, bewail, mourn, to care for; lugere, curare, sollicitum esse de re
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  • Hwæt bemurnest ðú

    why bemoanest thou?

    • Exon. 10 b
    • ;
    • Th. 11, 26
    • ;
    • Cri. 176.
  • Síþ ne bemurneþ

    he bewails not his lot

    • 117 a
    • ;
    • Th. 449, 31
    • ;
    • Dóm. 79.
  • Feorh ne bemurndon grǽdige gúþrincas

    the greedy warriors cared not for the soul

    • Andr. Kmbl. 308
    • ;
    • An. 154.
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v.  bi-murnan murnan.
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